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com•pil•er



Pronunciation: (kum-pī'lur), [key]
—n.
1. a person who compiles.
2. Also called compil'ing routine". Computers.a computer program that translates a program written in a high-level language into another language, usually machine language. Cf. interpreter (def. 3a).

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